WHAT IS A DOMAIN NAME?
A Domain Name
on the Internet is the equivalent of the street address
of your business and can be personalised to include
your company name. Your Domain Name is exclusively yours
and is used by others to locate you on the Internet.
It consists of your company's name followed by a suffix
that shows where the company is based and what type
of organisation it is, for example: tpg.com.au
and can contain letters, numbers, hyphens and must be
in lowercase.
WHY SHOULD
YOUR COMPANY HAVE A DOMAIN NAME?
A Domain Name
enables you to create a unique presence on the Internet.
Your Web Site and employees' e-mail addresses will reflect
your corporate identity rather than your Internet Service
Providers name, and will make it easy for your clients
to locate you on the internet.
Having your own
Domain Name will give your company and employees a professional
and consistent image that can be reflected in all company
stationery and advertising material. Employee e-mail
addresses allow for their full name, for example: johnsmith@yourcompany.com.au
Your Domain Name
is portable when changing account types and Internet
Service Providers, which means you can keep the same
web site and e-mail addresses. Your Domain Name does
not indicate your company size therefore leveling the
playing field.
HOW DOES YOUR
COMPANY GET ITS OWN DOMAIN NAME?
Domain Name
Registration
- Register the
Domain Name with the naming authority: Internet
Names Australia www.ina.com.au
- TPG can register
the Domain Name on your behalf if you have an existing
account with TPG. Submit on company letterhead the
Domain Name you require registered the nature of your
business or organisation and your company ACN number
and TPG will complete the rest.
Domain
Name Hosting
- Complete the
TPG
Corporate Services Registration Form which
includes a Domain Name Hosting Form for TPG to be
delegated as the host
- Inform TPG
of the appropriate e-mail account the domain name
is to be used with and the IP address of your Web
Site if applicable
- TPG can re-delegate
existing Domain Names if required
Please
Note: A Domain Name does not allocate your company
space to host a Web Site, nor does a Domain Name
give you access to the Internet. Click Here to find
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NAMING
AUTHORITIES
Internet
Names Australia - Australian Naming Authority
.com.au for commercial entities
.edu.au for educational institutions
.gov.au for government and semi-government
entities
.org.au for various forms of affiliation
groups (free registration)
.id.au for individual zones
.oz.au for entities which are visible within
the ACSnet domain
.info.au for major Australian informational
and service resources
.net.au for network infrastructure and providers
.asn.au for associations
.csiro.au for CSIRO
.conf.au for conferences and exhibitions
requiring short duration Internet connectivity
Refer
to www.ina.com.au/register/registerfr.htm
for individual registration details for each Domain
Name type
Internic
- US Naming Authority
.com for commercial organisations anywhere
in the world
.org for non commercial organisations anywhere
in the world
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PRODUCT
|
FEES |
| Domain
Name Registration* |
| Internet
Names Australia |
$A125*
ex GST for two years registration of .com.au
Domain Names |
| Internic |
$US70*
for two years registration |
| Domain
Name Hosting |
| TPG |
$218.90
inc GST Per Year |
| Registration
By TPG |
$55
inc GST Once Off Administration Fee |
- Domain Name Registration
Fees are invoiced directly by the naming authority
not by TPG
- The Domain Name
Hosting charge covers the management of routing to
designated web sites and mail servers, traffic of
visitors and e-mail referencing the domain name
